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fear of losing his friendship, made him
the more anxious not to fall lower in his ©
esteem; nay, notwithstanding his extreme
regret at having given his friend offence,
he was not sorry he was gone; so much
was he afraid of his pursuing his in-
quiries respecting the cherry-stones. After
the lapse of another hour or so, he dress-
ed himself, and went down stairs, not
many minutes before the boys were sum-
moned to dinner.

Meanwhile, Warbeck, as he descended
the stairs, began to reproach himself for
his conduct to his friend. It was true, in-
deed, that Harry had been fretful and
unreasonable; nor had he given him any
- just cause of offence; but he thought
that he had not made sufficient allowance
for his illness. “I ought not,” soliloquiz-
ed he, “to have continued to plague him